Samuel Abulafia, minister to Pedro the Cruel of Castile. 1351. The cortes of Valladolid ask the abolition of the judicial autonomy of Spanish-Jewish communities. 1355. The “Golden Bull” by Emperor Charles IV confers the privilege of holding Jews on the Electors. 1357. Completion of the synagogue at Toledo built by Samuel Abulafia. 1360. Samuel Abulafia dies under torture on the charge of peculation. Participation of the Jews of Castile in the civil war (1360-1369) between Pedro the Cruel and Henry de Trastamare, chiefly on the side of the former. Manessier de Vesoul obtains from King John a decree permitting Jews to dwell in France. 1370(about). Meïr ben Baruch Halevi of Vienna introduces the conferring of authorization for the exercise of rabbinical functions (_Morenu_). He and his disciples, principally _Isaac of Tyrnau, compile the customs (Minhagim) of the communities_. 1371. The Jews of Castile under Henry II compelled to wear badges and give up Spanish names. 1375. Disputation at Avila between the apostate John of Valladolid and Moses Cohen de Tordesillas. 1376. Disputation at Pampeluna between John of Valladolid and Shem-Tob ben Shaprut. Samuel Abrabanel at court under Henry II of Castile. Chayim ben Gallipapa (1310-1380), innovator; Menachem ben Aaron ben Zerach (1310-1385), rabbinical author; Isaac ben Sheshet Barfat (Ribash, 1310-1409), Talmudist; CHASDAÏ BEN ABRAHAM CRESCAS (1340-1410), philosopher. 1379. Joseph Pichon, receiver-general of taxes in Seville, murdered, probably at the instigation of Jews, against whom the fury of the populace is turned. 1380. Juan I restricts the judicial autonomy of the Castilian Jewish communities. 1381. A synod at Mayence regulates the rabbinical marriage laws (Tekanoth Shum). 1385. Juan I of Castile revives the canonical restrictions against the Jews. 1389. The charge of host desecration leads to the massacre of the Jews of Prague.